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How Semafor turned Washington into a profit center

Semafor CEO Justin Smith says his company hosted close to 100 events in 2025. His ambition is to build a Washington, DC-based event that's supposed to rivals the annual Davos gathering in Switzerland....

Jan 16Business InsiderPoliticsImpact

Trump's first year back in office: Relationship between Europe and US 'changed forever'

As US President Donald Trump reaches the one-year mark of his second term in the White House, FRANCE 24's Oliver Farry looks back at his foreign policies and Washington's increasingly fraught relation...

4dFrance 24PoliticsImpact

Donald Trump pushing for strikes in Iran while advisors push for diplomacy

US President Donald Trump is expected to get a briefing over sanction options against Iran, as Washington has been threatening to act against the country. But according to US newspaper Wall Street Jou...

Jan 13France 24PoliticsImpact

Show HN: Fence – Sandbox CLI commands with network/filesystem restrictions

Hi HN! Fence wraps any command in a sandbox that blocks network by default and restricts filesystem writes. Useful for running semi-trusted code (package installs, build scripts, unfamiliar repos) wit...

3dHacker NewsTechnologyImpact

Challenges in Join Optimization

Article URL: https://www.starrocks.io/blog/inside-starrocks-why-joins-are-faster-than-youd-expect Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46708351 Points: 6 # Comments: 0...

2dHacker NewsTechnologyImpact

Show HN: GibRAM an in-memory ephemeral GraphRAG runtime for retrieval

Hi HN, I have been working with regulation-heavy documents lately, and one thing kept bothering me. Flat RAG pipelines often fail to retrieve related articles together, even when they are clearly conn...

6dHacker NewsTechnologyImpact

James Cameron says he left the US and moved to New Zealand for his 'sanity'

James Cameron said he's wanted to move to New Zealand since his first visit in the 1990s. Gareth Cattermole/Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images for Disney James Cameron, 71, says he long dreamed of moving ...

2dBusiness InsiderEntertainmentImpact

Dell tells staff to get ready for the 'biggest transformation in company history.' Read the memo.

Michael Dell, CEO and founder of Dell. John Lamparski/Getty Images Dell has told its employees to expect a companywide systems overhaul in May. Top exec Jeff Clarke told workers it would be the "b...

Jan 13Business InsidereconomicsImpact

25 Years on From Super Smash Bros. Melee, Creator Masahiro Sakurai Finally Confirms The Secret Behind How Much Damage is Healed by Food

Masahiro Sakurai, the creator of Super Smash Bros., has revealed the reason why the series' food various items each heal your character by a specific amount. Writing this week on Twitter/X , Sakurai s...

Jan 15IGNEntertainment

Giving your healthcare info to a chatbot is, unsurprisingly, a terrible idea

Every week, more than 230 million people ask ChatGPT for health and wellness advice, according to OpenAI. The company says that many see the chatbot as an "ally" to help navigate the maze of insurance...

23hThe VergeTechnologyImpact

Nintendo is following up Alarmo with a weird Talking Flower in March

Nintendo’s Talking Flower interactive toy will launch in March. | Image: Nintendo After sharing a brief look at its new Talking Flower toy during a Nintendo Direct showcase last September that generat...

2dThe VergeTechnologyImpact

Qwen3-TTS Family Is Now Open Sourced: Voice Design, Clone, and Generation

Article URL: https://qwen.ai/blog?id=qwen3tts-0115 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46719229 Points: 5 # Comments: 0...

2dHacker NewsTechnologyImpact

The ICE surge is fueling fear and anxiety among Twin Cities children

Some families aren't leaving their homes as aggressive ICE operations continue in Minnesota, leaving their children confined and stressed. Across the Twin Cities, kids are anxious and afraid. (Image c...

2dNPR NewsPolitics

Alex Honnold is climbing Taipei 101 with no ropes, live on TV

Alex Honnold plans to climb Taipei 101 in his signature free solo style without ropes or protective gear...

2dABC NewsSports

Internet voting is insecure and should not be used in public elections

Article URL: https://blog.citp.princeton.edu/2026/01/16/internet-voting-is-insecure-and-should-not-be-used-in-public-elections/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46713924 Points: 33 #...

2dHacker NewsPoliticsImpact

'We need a stabilised, democratic Syria: Economic recovery without freedom is meaningless'

François Picard is pleased to welcome Kurdish humanitarian activist Arya Jemo amid the rapidly shifting sociopolitical and economic dynamics in Syria. Mr. Jemo shares themes of political betrayal, ter...

2dFrance 24PoliticsImpact

Director Gore Verbinski: Unreal Engine is the greatest slip backwards for movie

Article URL: https://www.pcgamer.com/movies-tv/director-gore-verbinski-says-unreal-engine-is-the-greatest-slip-backwards-for-movie-cgi/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46703019 Poin...

3dHacker NewsTechnologyImpact

White House Crypto Council Director Says Operating Without Market Rules Is ‘Fantasy’

It comes as divisions deepen within the crypto industry over whether to accept imperfect legislation now or risk tougher rules later....

3dDecryptPoliticsImpact

California is free of drought for the first time in 25 years

Article URL: https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2026-01-09/california-has-no-areas-of-dryness-first-time-in-25-years Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46698660 Points: 33 # Comm...

3dHacker NewsenvironmentImpact

Bitcoin Slides as Crypto Markets Correct: Is the Golden Cross at Risk?

Bitcoin retreats to $93K as the crypto market corrects from last week's spike. The golden cross hangs in the balance as price falls back below the EMA50 mark....

4dDecryptcryptocurrencyImpact
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